Saturday, November 12, 2016

Amalie Arena

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The San Jose Sharks travel to Amalie Arena to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, November 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at +104 and the Lightning at -115. The over/under has been set at 5.

San Jose comes into this matchup having played 14 games. They have an overall record of 8-6-0 and on the road they have a record of 4-4-0. Currently they are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 34 goals and given up 34 goals for a point differential of 0. The Sharks have an overall record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 8-6 and an over/under record of 2-11-1. Tampa Bay shows up with a record of 8-5-1 including 5-1-1 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 45 goals and surrendered 39 for a goal differential of +6. The Lightning have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 7-6 while their over/under record sits at 6-6-2.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 14 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 5 goals this season with 39 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Brent Burns has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 6 goals on 73 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 13 points on the season. Martin Jones has 7 wins and 6 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 309 shots against him and has given up 28 goals. He has made 281 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Valtteri Filppula has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 4 goals this season with 15 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 27%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Steven Stamkos has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 8 goals on 53 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 5 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 280 shots against him and has given up 26 goals. He has made 254 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have 16 total points this season. They have scored 34 goals while giving up 34 goals. They have had 45 power play opportunities and have scored 8 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Sharks have allowed 35 power play opportunities and given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 89%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.82% for the season to this point. They allow 25 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have a total of 17 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 58 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 26%. They have allowed 42 power play opportunities and have given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 45 goals scored while they've given up 39 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.14%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

San Jose has a Corsi percentage of 53.5% as they've attempted 859 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 746 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 54.3% as they have 615 attempts while they've given up 518 shots on the defensive end. The Sharks start possessions in the offensive zone 53.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.8% for the season. They have 414 face off wins compared to 434 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense San Jose has 253 hits and they've blocked 228 shots from the opposition.

Tampa Bay has attempted 801 shots at full strength and they've given up 740 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.5% as they have 605 shots while they've given up 569 attempts on defense. The Lightning have an offensive zone percentage of 51.5% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.5% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.8% as they've compiled 436 face off wins this season and they have suffered 457 face off losses. On defense Tampa Bay has blocked 171 shot attempts and they have 298 hits as a unit.

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 8-6 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 2-11-1 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-6 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 6-6-2 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

No key injuries to report

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

11/09/16 LW Jonathan Drouin Concussion out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take San Jose +104

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